Lari (ethnic group)

Lari (ethnic group)

ethnic group
group=Lari


poptime=1.2 million
popplace=Congo
rels= Christianity, Islam
langs=Lari
related=Bateke

The Lari (alternatively Laari) is an ethnic group of the Republic of the Congo and the name of the language they speak. A subgroup of the Kongo people, the Laris live in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and the Pool Region, where they constitute almost the entire population. There an estimated 1.2 million Laris living in Congo. Their language is a mix of the languages spoken by the Kongo and Bateke peoples.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ldi Ethnologue report on the Laari language]


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